Check out the sizzling new Ford Focus RS Edition

The new Ford Focus RS Edition,
which features a mechanical Quaife limited-slip differential (LSD), is now
available to order from £35,795, providing even more traction and driving
appeal for performance driving enthusiasts. Motoring journalist, Tim Barnes-Clay,
reports.

“Our new Focus RS Edition represents accessible performance
at its finest,” said Leo Roeks, Ford Performance Director, Europe. “Improving
on the class-leading driving dynamics of the Focus
RS was no small task – but our Ford Performance engineers have
delivered a drivetrain capable of wringing every drop of performance from the
350PS EcoBoost engine.”

Performance

The Focus
RS Edition has been developed by Ford Performance engineers and
evaluated at locations across the globe to further enhance the high-performance
hatchback’s class-leading traction and responsiveness using a Quaife LSD for
the front axle. The mechanical LSD limits the engine torque delivered to a
wheel that has reduced traction on the road surface, and redistributes torque
to the wheel with more traction to counteract the wheelspin that can hamper
acceleration and stability.

Tech

By controlling the torque delivered to each front wheel, the
Focus RS Edition’s Quaife LSD enables drivers to exploit the 350PS delivered by
its 2.3-litre EcoBoost engine in
high-performance driving situations even more, and seamlessly integrates with
Focus RS driving technologies delivered as standard, including:

Ford
Performance All Wheel Drive, which varies the front-to-rear torque
distribution to suit the current driving situation – monitoring inputs
from vehicle sensors 100 times per second and sending a maximum of 70 per
cent of the drive torque to the rear axle

Dynamic
Torque Vectoring – which uses electronically-controlled clutch packs on
the rear axle to send up to 100 per cent of the available torque to either
rear wheel, and can switch drive from one side to the other in as little
as 0.06sec

Torque
Vectoring Control (TVC) – which automatically applies small amounts of
brake force to limit wheelspin at the front axle

Handling

“For hardcore driving enthusiasts, the additional mechanical
grip offered by the Quaife LSD will make it even easier to carry speed through
a corner on the track, and maximise acceleration on the way out. The new setup
also delivers greater mechanical stability and control when braking hard, and
will help drivers set the car up for power-slides using Drift Mode,” Roeks
said. “The Focus RS Edition takes our ‘fun to drive’ philosophy to a new level
for an everyday road car.”

Drive Modes

The Focus RS
Edition delivers drive modes that include the industry-first Drift Mode for
controlled oversteer drifts under circuit conditions and Launch Control for
ultimate performance off the start-line – accelerating from 0-62mph in just
4.7sec.

Equipment

The Focus RS Edition delivers unique details for the
signature Nitrous Blue exterior, including matte black roof and mirror caps.
The rear roof spoiler also features a matte black finish, with blue RS logos on
the spoiler side wings.